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Whitacre, Paula – National Academies Press, 2023
Domestic and international competition for STEM talent is driving institutions across the research and innovation landscape to consider new policies and partnerships for building and managing STEM knowledge and skills. New levels of investment in human capital to increase U.S. innovation capacity and competitiveness will require coordination and…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Human Capital, STEM Education, Innovation
Cooper, Donna; Herzenberg, Stephen – Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 2023
Pennsylvania has a fragmented, underfunded high school career-related education system. This undercuts success in college and careers for hundreds of thousands of students annually, while exacerbating skill shortages for businesses and throttling Pennsylvania's economy. Pennsylvania also has a legislature that supports career-related education on…
Descriptors: High School Students, Career Education, Labor Needs, Labor Force Development
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Erin Green – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2024
The complexities of the civil rights movement are rarely presented in elementary social studies. Year after year, students repeat the same decontextualized "I Have a Dream" crafts and assignments, tasks that do little to help students understand the country's history of racism or the racial dynamics of today. Instead of perpetuating the…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Racial Factors, Justice, Picture Books
Mallory Warner; Annie Davis Schoch – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2024
Understanding the best ways to support the well-being of the child care and early education (CCEE) workforce is important for states and CCEE programs. CCEE teachers and caregivers have demanding jobs and receive low compensation for their work--a combination that often negatively affects their well-being. Research has linked CCEE workforce…
Descriptors: Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Well Being, Labor Force Development
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Rico-Gómez, María Luisa – History of Education, 2021
This article aims to portray industrial workers' vocational training during Primo de Rivera's dictatorship in Spain (1923-1930), based on the Industrial Training Act of 1924 and the Vocational Training Act of 1928. The programme was devised to meet the modernising expectations of a conventional society. The grounds for government interventionism…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Labor Force Development, Educational History
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Tran, Henry – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2022
Grounded in the theories of inclusive talent management (TM) and social-exchange, this conceptual paper draws on the education working conditions and broader TM scholarship to promote Talent Centered Education Leadership, an education human resource management (HRM) approach that emphasizes an "employee centered" philosophy to enhance…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Human Relations, Talent Development, Labor Force Development
Nicholas W. Affrunti – National Association of School Psychologists, 2022
This data brief provides an overview of the 2020-2021 school year's student to school psychologist ratio for every U.S. territory, using the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) counts of school psychologists. In addition to this, data are presented on the percentage change in student to school psychologist ratio from the 2019-2020…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Counselor Client Ratio
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Guth, Douglas J. – Community College Journal, 2020
Despite declines in the number of liberal arts bachelor's degrees awarded by four-year colleges, the growth in liberal arts at community colleges has made up the difference, countering a national narrative that the field is in crisis. As designated by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, the liberal arts cover a range of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Liberal Arts, College Curriculum, Labor Force Development
Nick D’Antonio – Association of Community College Trustees, 2024
"Innovating Workforce Education: Community Colleges at the Forefront of Registered Apprenticeship" explores Registered Apprenticeships in the United States, examining their increasing relevance to community colleges and the broader workforce development landscape. At its core, the apprenticeship model integrates paid employment with…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Apprenticeships, Labor Force Development, Experiential Learning
JoAnn Hsueh; Harrison Taylor; Michelle Maier; Sydney Roach – Administration for Children & Families, 2024
Child care and early education (CCEE) are essential resources for families and children across the country. Yet qualified educators are choosing to leave their positions, and young professionals are choosing not to enter the field. This instability has been a long-lasting issue and is thought to be driven largely by structural and systemic forces…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Labor Force Development, Early Childhood Teachers
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Rachel Slama, Editor; Nelson Lim, Editor; Douglas Yeung, Editor; Elie Alhajjar, Contributor; Rushil Bakhshi, Contributor; Julia Bandini, Contributor; Dwayne M. Butler, Contributor; Avery Calkins, Contributor; Angela K. Clague, Contributor; Arianne Collopy, Contributor; Brandon Crosby, Contributor; Brandon De Bruhl, Contributor; Tuyen Dinh, Contributor; Fernando Esteves, Contributor; Susan M. Gates, Contributor; Charles A. Goldman, Contributor; Timothy R. Gulden, Contributor; Wenjing Huang, Contributor; Kelly Hyde, Contributor; Rita T. Karam, Contributor; Tracy C. Krueger, Contributor; Jonah Kushner, Contributor; Mary Lee, Contributor; Nelson Lim, Contributor; Maria C. Lytell, Contributor; Laurie T. Martin, Contributor; Nikolay Maslov, Contributor; Michael G. Mattock, Contributor; Skye A. Miner, Contributor; Alvin Moon, Contributor; Ojashwi Pathak, Contributor; Neeti Pokhriyal, Contributor; Carter C. Price, Contributor; Sean Robson, Contributor; Srikant Kumar Sahoo, Contributor; Morgan Sandler, Contributor; Anton Shenk, Contributor; Rachel Slama, Contributor; Éder M. Sousa, Contributor; Tobias Sytsma, Contributor; Ivy Todd, Contributor; John Vahedi, Contributor; Jessie Wang, Contributor; Madison Williams, Contributor; Jody Chin Sing Wong, Contributor; Douglas Yeung, Contributor – RAND Corporation, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to significantly affect the American workforce -- both civilian and military personnel -- through job displacement, augmentation, and the need for widespread upskilling. President Biden's October 2023 executive order on AI emphasizes the government's commitment to upskilling the federal workforce in…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Labor Force, Military Personnel, Job Skills
Richard D. Kahlenberg – Progressive Policy Institute, 2024
At a time when Americans are divided, patriotism is declining, and liberal democratic norms are threatened, working Americans, more than college-educated Americans, take appropriate pride in the special contributions of their country. The extreme right and left have for too long engaged in a seesaw of bad policies that foster illiberalism.…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Labor Force Development, Politics, Democracy
Tom Keily; Ben Erwin – Education Commission of the States, 2024
High-quality work-based learning opportunities enable students to develop necessary skills and contribute to positive employment outcomes. State leaders are recognizing the value of work-based learning experiences -- not only for individuals but in service of state attainment and workforce development goals. As leaders recognize the value,…
Descriptors: Incentives, Work Experience Programs, Labor Force Development, Partnerships in Education
Paula Whitacre – National Academies Press, 2024
The CHIPS and Science Act recognized the importance of exposure to innovation and entrepreneurial concepts at the K-12 level by codifying into law the intention of broadening the base of Americans engaged in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR) has long sought ways…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, STEM Education, Workshops, Innovation
Batalova, Jeanne; Fix, Michael – Migration Policy Institute, 2022
College-educated immigrants in the United States are more likely to have advanced degrees and to major in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields than their U.S.-born peers with college degrees. But their educational levels have not always translated into occupational gains: They are more likely than U.S.-born workers to be…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, College Graduates, Immigrants, STEM Education
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